We'll let you know by the end of the week?

RiverStar

duchy wrote: »

I have to wonder at how some people's minds work !!

Ten years ago it wasn't commonplace to have a private email address so rejection letters were typed , stuffed in an envelope and postage needed to be paid....yet rejection notification was the norm. Writing a short and professional email and bccing takes anyone with even basic competency literally minutes.
It's just down to the fact that many companies don't feel they are employing people but disposable "units".

Well... obviously l meant "lucky" in the sense of getting a rejection letter rather than not receiving a letter at all.

Common sense would tell anyone that if an employer wants to hire you, they will call and offer the job.

Who in their right mind would wait on an offer or rejection letter that may or may not be forthcoming. Surely, no job hunter 'puts all their eggs in one basket'!

Just move on to the next job application.....its not rocket science.

You're right, everyone is disposable, everyone is a number and the employer is only /has only time to be interested in the successful candidate.

redcard

melysion wrote: »

Ten years ago we wouldn't be having this utterly ridiculous conversation because potential employers were decent enough to send rejection letters without question. Because it's the right and professional thing to do. I don't care how many CVs HR have to filter though or how many interviews they have to arrange. IT'S WHAT THEY ARE PAID TO DO!

How has it suddenly become discretionary? I guess it's the sign of the frankly uncaring society we live in in general. Makes me sick

It's obviously a good thing you didn't get the job with such an uncaring employer then, isn't it. Count your blessings.

Blame society all you like. You are society.

RiverStar

duchy wrote: »

I have to wonder at how some people's minds work !!

Ten years ago it wasn't commonplace to have a private email address so rejection letters were typed , stuffed in an envelope and postage needed to be paid....yet rejection notification was the norm. Writing a short and professional email and bccing takes anyone with even basic competency literally minutes.
It's just down to the fact that many companies don't feel they are employing people but disposable "units".

And ten years ago, office workers werent doing the job of three people, so had plenty time to write /type letters. Its alsomdown to the fact one office person these days has many duties, not only basic admin.

Competency has nothing to do with it. Its yet another time consuming job on top of everything else.

Your last sentence sums it up..... everyone is disposable and just a number in the lottery of getting a suitable job.

mummyroysof3

I know this isn't the norm but I've had 1 interview recently and got a phone call a couple of hours later

melysion

Common decency shouldn't be that hard to come by, but apparently it is.

And with that, I leave this discussion with disgust.

RiverStar

melysion wrote: »

Common decency shouldn't be that hard to come by, but apparently it is.

And with that, I leave this discussion with disgust.

Common decency applies in all walks of life....not just job hunting....so good luck with that and l hope you find what you're looking for.

Blame the society we live in.

melysion

RiverStar wrote: »

Common decency applies in all walks of life....not just job hunting....so good luck with that and l hope you find what you're looking for.

Blame the society we live in.

Oh I quite agree. But thats alright - I will just be the change I want to see in the world and hope that at least a few people will follow suit. lol

mattcanary

RiverStar wrote: »

Well... obviously l meant "lucky" in the sense of getting a rejection letter rather than not receiving a letter at all.

Common sense would tell anyone that if an employer wants to hire you, they will call and offer the job.

Who in their right mind would wait on an offer or rejection letter that may or may not be forthcoming. Surely, no job hunter 'puts all their eggs in one basket'!

Just move on to the next job application.....its not rocket science.

You're right, everyone is disposable, everyone is a number and the employer is only /has only time to be interested in the successful candidate.

Whether you wait around to receive a rejection letter or not, is not the point, at all.
Surely you must see that?

RiverStar

mattcanary wrote: »

Whether you wait around to receive a rejection letter or not, is not the point, at all.
Surely you must see that?

Matt, l do, in fact, see where you are all coming from. l have been there as well, waiting on a call or letter and none comes. In an ideal world, no one should be left in limbo. Nowadays, it seems to be the way of it, l mean that the only communication received is the offer.

I just wanted to show the other side of the coin. That nothing is how it was years ago.

Maybe its best, just to keep going for interviews and do they best you can, after a week, call up, if unsuccessful just move on to the next one. What else can you do anyway?

They say if you ' throw enough s**t at the wall, some will stick.'

falko89

Well I phoned the company on Monday, the receptionist took my details and said she would pass them on and someone will be in touch, Never heard anything, Found out on Monday night someone else started from a relative who works for the firm.